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Planing, Molding, and Sas h Machine.

No. 18,806. Patented. Dec; 8, 1857.

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Planing, M0|ding,-and Sash Machine.

M/VENTQI? Patented Dec. 8, 1857.

N. PfTEFlS. Pimln-l flwgnphur. Washington D. I;

' Brianne-MACHINE;

SpecificationsofIiefitersTatenf 1%; 1-8, see. dated .December a, 185.7.

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Be. it known. that. I,.Jorfn' DI. DALE, of

. thev city; of? Philadelphia, in. the (30111111011- shaft thus enabling the hedpiece to. be I wealth .of'fennsylvania; have. invented a-rnew and. useful. Machine, which I have entifiled' the Universal Planing,=..l\ lolding, and- Sash.

Machine, and. which is intended to perform 1 the following; descriptions and varieties: of work: First, truing or taking.boards,planks,.

and, other carpenterstuff out of wind second, planing,. tonguing, and grooving; boards' and. planks;v third, making, boards; planks, &c intogseveral moldings at once, either of the. sameor va1'ious-:patterns, ,and separating, each, molding; fourth,.. making.

boards, planks ac, into sash-stufli and; tenoning the sameg'gfifth, doingother tGIlOIh ihgmork; sixth, working circularmoldings and doing circular work of every descrip. tion; and. L do, hereby declarev that the following is a run; clear, and exact description; of the construction. and various operationstof t-he'same; reference, being-had to the annexed drawings, which are'made part. oi

this speeificatiom, inwhich+- i Figure; 1 is a transverse sectional; viewz. Fig. 2 1s a new of therupper. port1o-n,,taken,. from, above. Fig-. 3 1s a horizontal-sectional view, of:thelowenportiona Fig: bis aep'erspective view with the carriage. extended. Fig: 5 is aperspective view with the, carriage retraeted'..

The separate partsor portions ofthe mar 51 chine. are marked a an d numbered as follows A, A, arethestandsor sides which form the framework. that supports the various portions of. the machinery,

B, .B, the bedpiece' which is a suspended by.

the rods- Y, Y, whose upper extremities ,pass

ing through the caps V, V, are cut into screw-threads, upon: which. work. the worm nut s W. vWUrevolvedbyithe transverse screw elevated or depressed at thelpleasure of the opera-tor Thi's zbedpiece' is'kept in a perfeet-1y horizont al position ;at whatever height-- it maybe raised to,-by. means or thetoggle E D, the upper or superior feed roller into g the journal-boxes of which Nos.- 45, the'rods U,.attachedto the weighted levers-VT, T, {are inserted, so that the weights Nos. 42

quently upon the stuifas itpasses beneath when. the .machine is used with the" continuous feed, in which; operation the periphery j ofthe roller is on-a level withthe lower edge of the knives of thecutting'he'ad. This argrangement admits of the rollers being elewatedby means of. the levers T,.T.. One" end of the elbow lever No. 38, whose other endisattached toarnrl ,lon' the pressure bar-Q, as '{hereinafter described, rests; on. the journal boxes of-this roller -(Nos. 45"and' 45 as does also one end of the lever M, whose. fulcrum is attached to the frame work: A.. This; jlever, M raises the backpressure bar N, and

Fmouth-pieces R, R, R, .R,.and the baclrpres- .1 sure bar N, are all simultaneously elevated to anyheight above the edge. ofv the cutting headthat may be necessary;

E, E the carriage frame with the cograclrupon its under surface, anda recessat each end to; admit the-' insertion of. a moV-- :LStllbOI pinonrwhich the hook ofrod No. 510 catches as hereinafter. set forth.

F,..the wooden bed of the carriage, G,.Gr-, the cranes supporting the side cut- Zters; hanging uponthe arms K, K. These cranes may be swung around back and forth, and adjusted and securedby means-of the guide braces L, L, and-the screw nuts No. 40,. and may be elevated-and depressed at pleasure, thus elevating and depressing the s1de cutters by means of the screw-nuts J, J

H, H, the side cutter heads used for ztongueing, grooving, tenoning, etc.

I, I, counter-shafts for driving-i the side cutters by means of straps.

. J, J, screw-nuts for raising or depressing the sidecutter heads as before described.v

K, K, arms, bolted on frame A, A, cut with screw holes through which pass the fcountershafts I,v I, upon which work' the screw nuts J, J. r v

i L,L, ide braces for securing the side *cutter heads H, H, in the requiredposit-ions,

and preventing lateral motion,

exert"a pressure upon the-roller and: conse the; effect of this arrangement is, that: by' simply raising the. weighted, levers T; ithisroller D, the transverse bar Q'Wlilh its able and adjustable cutting bed No. 37; and

M, guide lever for elevating and holding up the back pressurebar N, resting upon, and worked by the elevation and depression of the superior feed roller D, as hereinbefore mentioned. I I j 1 N, the back-pressurebar for preventing back-lash.

distance of the motion of the transverse bar Q. j

P, arm of the bar Q with spring attached to the guiderod 0, allowing the transverse bar Q to yield.

Q, a bar running transversely across the machine over the carriage supporting the mouth-pieces R, R, R

R, R, R, R, adjustable inouth pieces, which should of course be made to fit and corremain cutting head, so as to correspond in character with that of the work to be done.

S, S, upright rods or posts upon which the weighted levers T, T, are supported and pivoted. v

T, T, levers with adjustable weights (No. 42) which communicate the pressure to the feed roller D, and by whose means the roller D, can be elevated at pleasure as herein before described.

U, U, perpendicular rods, pivoted on the levers T, T, and inserted into the journal boxes v(No. 45). of the feed roller, D. By 5 these rods the pressure of the weighted levers T, T, is communicated to the feed E roller D. v

' V, V, caps,upon which are pivoted the uprightrods S, S, and supporting the upright rods Y, Y, the worm nuts W, W, and the transverse screw 'shaftX, which serves to raise and depress the bed piece B, and the I carriage C.

WV, W, worm-nuts working on screwthreads out upon thehead of the rods Y, Y, and upon which the screw shaft X works.

X, the transverse screw shaft for elevating and depressing ,thebedB and carriage C.

Y, Y, perpendicular or upright rods inserted into thebed Bf, The upper end of these rods passinginto and through the cap V are cut with screw threads on which the screw nuts W, W, work.

Z, Z, Z, Z, cogwheels connected together by pivoted bars (N o. 1) so as to form a universal gear, by which the revolutions of the inferior feed roller Care communicated to the superior feed roller D. I

No. 1', series of bars, connecting the cogwheels Z, Z, Z,Z, and forming a universal gear.

No. 2, adjustable guideboard by which the stuff can be guided into any operating part of the machine.

No. 3, arms supporting the rollers No. 17, elevated and depressed by the operation of r the rods Nos. 4 and 5.

N0. 4, brace rod, by which the arms No. 3, are connected and kept equidistant.

No. 5, lever rod, attached to arm No. 3 at one end, and at the other to the crank No. 7, by turning which crank the rollers No. 17 may be depressed through the operation of I this lever rod "and the brace rod No. 4, so O, gulde-rod, regulating the dlrection and as to allow the carriage to pass freely backward and forward over them when in use as a vibrating carriage, or when the carriage is drawn out or extended while using a convtinuous feed they may be elevated to a level with the surface of the carriage, so as to form a support while working the stuff.

No. 6, brace rod, which serves to keep the "toggle jointed levers No. 64,- equidistant.

No. 6 toggle jointed levers which con nect the bed piece B with the framework A and keep the bedpiece B always horizontal. No.7, crank on the shaftNo. 32, and attached to lever rod No. 5. v

No. 8, cam, on shaft No. 32, which elevates one end of the lever No. 9, and thus draws down the rod No. 10, the upper end of which rod No. 10 is hooked in such manner that when the carriage E is extended, this hook seizes the stub or projec-tion on the side of v the carriage, and drawing the carriage down secures it firmly in its place.

No.9, the lever, described in No. 8, which Ilever works.

No. 10, the hooked rod for securlng the carriage as described in No. 8.

No. 11, feed pulley on shaft No. 30 which .is strapped to and driven by pulley No. 26 .on shaft No. 31.

Nos. 12, driving pulleys, which are strapped to, and drive the pulleys Nos. 24 ion the countershafts I, I.

No.13, comb feed pulleys on shaft No. 31, 'which are strapped to and drive the pulley No. 16 on shaft No. 30..

No. 14, tight-arid-loose pulley on shaft No. 31 by which the power is communicated thereto. 1

No. 15, lower portion of the cranes G, G.

No. 16, comb feed pulley on shaft No. 30, driven by pulley No. 13 on shaft No. 31.

' This pulley is provided with a spiral spring or other elastic substance inside to prevent ,the sudden jar when the clutch No. 28 1S thrown in.

No. 17, support rollers on bed piece B. No. 18, hand wheel for turning shaft X. No. 19, caps, forming seats for the boxes of the cutter heads.

Nos. 20, 21, 22, 23, cogwheels connected by pivoted bars No. 41, so as to form a un1versal gear, whereby the motion of the shaft No. 30 (upon the end of which is fastened the wheel No. 23), is communicated to the inferior feed roller C by means of the cog wheel No. 21.

No. 24, pulleys on the countershafts I l.-

' strapped to and driven by pulleys Nos. 12..

No. 25, pulley on shaftNo. 29, drivenby pulley No. 2? on -shaftNo. 31. I

No. 26, pulley =on-shaft No. 31, which drives "pulley No. 11, on shaft No. 30. By 5 means of-this'the backward'motion of the carriage is obtained.

No. 27, pulley on shaft No. 31 which drives pulley NoJQS on shaft No. 29.

. No 28, clutch, on shaft No. 30, which clutching into pulleyNo. 16 on one side and No. 11 ontheother, is used for stopping or reversingthemotion of the feed either backward or forward? Each of these pulleysbe ing'furnished with a recess cast in the side, i IILWhlChlQCGSS 1S piLCedfl spiral spring or some elastic substance; A circular platecovering the outside of these pulleys, is fur nished with one'proj ection which is inserted in this recessand presses against the spring, and with another projection on the'opposite I or outer side facing the clutch, against which the projection ofthe clutch can str1ke. The object of this arrangement of springs or elastic substance, isjto prevent any concurs 5- s'ion or sudden janwhen shifting the motion of the-carriage by using the clutch.

No.29, shaft, furnished with three pulleys, Nos. 12,and- 12, as hereinbeforede-- as pivots upon which the lowerends of the toggle jointed levers Nos. di -move.

Nos. and 365rods runnings transversely through the top of the machine, to brace and hold together the frame work A, A.

Nos. 37, movable and adjustable blocks of metal, fitting'into the recess of the carriage E to form a cutting bed or rest for the stud molding, so arranged that they allow the separating or cutting knives of the molding head to pass freely-between them;

NO.-38, elbow lever'attached to bar Q and arm P, at one end, the other end resting on box N0. and turning on a pivot in the elbow for the-purposeof drawing back the bar Q and armP, as'the superior feed roller D is raised, sothat the rnouthpieces may be regulated and always maintained at the proper relative distance-(according asthe stulf varies in thickness) from-the cutting edge ofthe rotary head.

No. 39, screw nut on a hi'nged'or joined; e5 bol-t to securethe cans Noss19and thus hold while under the operation of planing or the axle-boxes ofthe rotary cuttingj-headsfirmly in place. 7

- No. 40, screwnut to secure and hold inplace the guide-braces L, L. I

Nos. 41 and 41, pivoted bar's which sup- .port and connect the cogwheels 'Nos. 20,-'21,, and 22, and form the universal gear. l

Nos.42 and 42, movable and adjustable" weights on "levers T, T, by which, pressure is eXerted on the superior feed roller D. Nos. 43 and as, eccentricson shaftNo. 32

'- for the purpose of elevating the inferior-feed roller 0 when the carriage E is extended sothat it shall be level with the top of thecarridge-and act as a continuous feed roller, and for the'purpose of depressing thesaid' roller so thatit may be pushed back to allow the cogs of thewheel No. 48 onthe side'of thesaid roller to catch into the rack "onthe bottom of the carriage and thus move 'it backward and forward in the manner hereinafter described. 1 v

No. 44, piece of metal on whose upper face the axle box No.- 451; of inferiorfee'd roller C rests and the lower face of which rests upon the eccentric No. 43. Nos. 45', ball-axleboxes of superiorfeed roller D. I

Nos. 45:},ball axle boxes-of inferior feed roller C.

i No. 46, the molding-head (same as patented to me January 4, 1853);

No. 47, the planing or surfacing head. No. 48, cog-gear wheels on each side of the inferiorfeed roller C.

Nos. 49, support nieces or props; attached to weighted levers T, T, so that when the leversare raised, the supports rest on the topvof the frame A, and keep the superior feed roller and the bars Q and N suspended" clear of the carriage, when it is vibrating back and forth in-the operation of truing stufh Operating the machine-Fig. 5 is a per spective view of the machine in position to perform the first operation of truing, 'or taking out of wind, boards, planks and other carpenter stuff or for doing any kind of work in which the vibrating carriage is used. The weighted levers T,= T, are 'ele vatecl and secured upon the supports N 0s;

49, so as to raise and keep raisedthe su per-ior feed roller D, and consequently to raise and keep raised also the pressure bar N and the transverse bar Q, and its mouth pieces R, R, R, R, by the means hereinbefore described, and consequently bring every- 3 v thing above and clear of the bladesof the lanin or surfacin head, which are thus the only parts of the machinerybrought into contact with the stuff. The guide bars 2 and Q'are now adjusted and securedby means of their screw nuts clear of th'e carriage. The stuff to'be trued, is then dogged 'firmly-jupon the wooden platform Fof the arri ge .T ep ani g or surfacing h ad No. 4:? 'which is furnished with straight knives the width ofthe machine, is'then put in rapid motion, by power applied in the .usual manner. Thecarriage E is then projec ted horizontally by means of power ap- .stufi? against and under the action of the cutters throughout its entire length. The thickness of the stuff can be regulated by raising or depressing the bedpiece B, by means of the hand-wheel No. 18 as hereinbefore described.

In working and tenoning sash stuff the plank or board is cut to the length required, and then clamped upon the wooden platform F, of the carriage E. The cutting heads H, H, being fitted with knives of the proper form, are adjusted and secured as hereinbefore set forth so as to bear at once upon each end of the stuff. The machine and carriage being then set in rapid motion, the stuff is passed by and against the side cutters and thereby tenoned on both ends at once throughout its entire length. A cutting head furnished with knives of the necessary form and size is then placed in the machine and secured by the caps Nos. 19 and the screw nuts No. 39, and the stuff already tenoned as above set forth, is then run under the knives and separators of the sash cutting head, whereby the upper surface is out throughout its entire length. The stuff is then turned, and the other side exposed to the same action, which completes and separates it, thereby requiring but three handlings to perform the same amount of work, which by the methods now in use requires from forty to fifty handlings.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the machine in position to perform all of the other operations requiring a continuous feed. The carriage E, is run out or extended till the projection on its side strikes, and is stopped by the hook on rod No. 10. It is now clear of the feed rollers. The shaft No. 32 is now to be turned halfway around, raising the inferior feed roller C, and the support rollers Nos. 17, and at the same time raising the lever No. 9 and causing the hooked rod No. 10 to catch the projection upon the side of the carriage E and secure the carriage firmly inits place. The props Nos. 49 are taken out from under the weighted levers T, T, so as to cause the superior feed roller D, and the back pressure bar N, and the bar Q with its mouthpieces R, R, R, R, to descend and to press upon the stuff as it passes beneath them. The adjustableguide bars Nos. 2 are now adjusted and secured so as to guide the stuff to such part of the machine as may be desired. The molding-head No. 46, which is made with a series of alternate cutting knives of the same or various patterns, and separating saws or knives in the usual form, is now rapidly revolved by power applied in the ordinary manner. Mouthpieces R, R, R, R, cut to correspond in form with the molding knives, but of course with reversed edges are secured to the bar Q, by means of screws. The movable blocks Nos. 37 are adjusted and secured so as to allow the edge of the separating saws or knives to pass freely between them, and the machine worked as in Fig. 5 is then in full operation for cutting an entire board or plank into moldings of the same or dif ferent" patterns, and separating the same. Should it be desired, at the same time to rabbet, or work under the molding, one or both of the side cutters H, H, can be brought to bear by adjusting them by means of the cranes G, G, and securing them by the screw-nuts Nos. 40. When it is desired to do plain surfacing, a planing, tonguing, and grooving at once, an ordinary planing head with straight knives is inserted in place of the molding head. The side cutters .can be brought to bear and the bed raised and depressed to accommodate the thickness of the stuff, in the manner set forth in describing No. 5.

It will readily be observed that this machine possesses the great advantage of being able to plane to any thickness from a quarter of an inch to fourteen inches, and of any width from one inch to twenty-four inches.

I disclaim all parts separately of the hereinbefore described machine that are not hereinafter specifically claimed by me.

What I do claim, and desire to secure by,

Letters Patent, is as follows, to wit:

1. I claim the arrangement as described by which the support rollers Nos. 17 and the feed roller C are raised, and the carriage E simultaneously secured, whereby I make a permanent bed and continuous feed, and by lowering the same I make a reciprocating moving bed plate or carriage and am enabled to change from one to the other at the will of the operator.

2. I claim the arrangement whereby an adjustable cutting bed No. 37 is formed on the end of the movable carriage E for the uses and purposes as described.

3. I also claim the combination and arrangement of the method herein set forth for attaching side cutters, by which they are both rendered adjustable in the manner specified and described by letters G, G, representing cranes supporting the side-cutters hanging on arms K, K,-supported and adjusted by guide braces L, L, and screw-nuts J J, all for the purpose and in the manner rotary cutter by raising the superior feed set forth and described. roller D for the purpose as set forth.

4. I also claim the particular arm-n ements in combination by which the pressii re JOHN DALE 5 bar N, and the transverse bar Q, are made Signed the presence of in to raise, and by which they are made to W. A. ARRINGTON, correspond with the circumference of the A.

GOODMAN. 

